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TIME REGISTER FOR EMPLOYES. No. 328,045. Patented Oct. 13, 1885.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN w. MAXSON, on E As sEL, MINNESOTA.

TIME-REGISTER FOR EMPLOYIQS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 328,045, dated October13, 1885.

Application filed June 1, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN W. MAXSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dassel, in the county of Meeker and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain Improve ments in Grain-Dealers Registers for Employs,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new instrument designed for use in registeringor recording commercial or other transactions; and the inventionconsists, generally, in the construction and in the combination ofdevices hereinafter described,and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a horizontal section on line 00 0c of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a verticalsection on line y y of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are views of the check.Fig. 5 represents the slide by which the checks are carried.

In the drawings, A represents the casing of the instrument.

B represents a suitable clock mechanism that is inclosed within thecasing A. This clock mechanism is supported within the casing so as tobe capable of being moved back and forth therein, as indicated by thearrow at in Fig. 1. I have shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a preferable means forsupporting the clock mechanism.

O 0 represent bars to which the clock mechanism is secured by anysuitable means, as by clamps or screws b l). The bars 0 C are supportedin suitable ways,O O,on the inner sides of the casing A. I providesuitable means, adapted to be operated from the outside of thecasing,for moving the clock mechanism in the casing. I have shown apreferable means for this purpose, consisting of a rod, D, having ahand-wheel or lever, D, on the outside of the casing. This rod isprovided with a crank, D and a link, D, connects this crank with theclock mechanism. By turning the hand-wheel the clock mechanism may bemoved back and forth on the ways 0 C. A spring, D, connecting the crankwith the back of the casing, may be provided to hold the clock mechanismback or in its retracted position.

The clock mechanism is not provided with Serial No.16'7,208.

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hands, but has instead on its hand-shafts the plates or disks E and F,provided, respectively, with the pins 6 and f. This mechanism has atwenty-four-hour movement, so that the plate E makes a revolution intwenty-four hours, while the plate F makes a revolution every hour. Theplate E is somewhat larger than plate F, and the pin 6 projects beyondthe face of plate F. The pins have sharp points, substantially as shown.

The front A" of the casing has an opening opposite the plates E and F,and of a size to permit these plates to pass through it. A supplementalfront, A is attached to the easing, so as to cover the opening in thepart A, leaving merely a narrow opening between the two parts A A topermit the introduction of the slide G hereinafter described.

The slide G (represented in Fig. 4) consists of a narrow strip of woodor other suitable material having an opening therethrough adapted,whenthe slide is pushed between the parts A A of the casing, to registerwith the opening in the part A. The opening in the slide is provided onthe inner side with a slight flange for a purpose hereinafter stated.

II, Figs. 3 and 4., represents a check formed preferably of paper, butit may be made of other suitable material. This check has printed ormarked upon one side a twenty-fourhour dial with a circle ofminute-spacesjwithin the circle of figures, as indicated in Fig. 4. Thereverse side of the check has suitable blanks, as indicated in Fig. 3,adapting it for the entry thereon of a commercial or other transaction.The check is of the same shape as the opening in the slide G, and it isadapted to fit therein, being prevented from pass ing through the slideby the flange on the inner side of the opening.

The inner surface of the part A of the easing is covered opposite theopening in the part A by a thin sheet of cork, buckskin, or othersuitable soft material to receive the points 6 and f on the plates whenthe clock mechanism is moved forward.

I, Fig. 1, represents a stop plate secured within the casing andprojecting over the opening in the part A, but not interfering with themovement of the plates E and F.

The slide Gr may be moved out, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1;but it preferably is sired to have recorded. The agent or party makingthe transaction will not have access to the interior of the casing,which will be properly sealed, and access thereto permitted only to aroute agent or auditor. The local agent is furnished with a quantity ofthe checks H, and upon these he is required to enter all transactionsmade by him. As soon as a transaction has been completed, the agentrecords it on the back of one of the checks. The check is then placed inthe slide G, which is pushed in, bringing the check'in front of theplates E F. The handle D is turned and and the clock mechanism movedforward, the pins 6 andf puncturing the check in the hour and minutecircles. The check is held against the cork or other soft surface, andthe pins pass through it and are embedded in such surface. The clockmechanism is then retracted, either by the spring or by reversing themovement of the handle, and the check adhering to the pins is carriedinto the casing until it encounters the stop I, by which it is holdwhile the pins are withdrawn. The check then drops into the bottom ofthe casing, from which it can be removed only by the person havingaccess thereto.

It will be seen that the punctures in the check will indicate in hoursand minutes exactly the time at which the check is placed in theinstrument and the transaction recorded.

The check and the opening in the slide are of a shape other thancircular, so that the check will always be placed in the same positionand brought before the plates with the dial in proper position forpuncturing. I have shown a check, one side of which is cut on the arc ofa circle, while the other side is rectangular, and this I consider apreferable shape, but do not wish to restrict myself to this shape only.

The means for moving the clock mechanism may be otherwise located in thecasing, and in some instances it may be preferable to locate it in frontof the clock mechanism.

The slide G may be inserted from the side, as shown, or it may bearranged to slide down from the top of the casing.

The figures on the check may be arranged in any desired position.

As an equivalent for the flange on the slide surrounding the openingprojecting pins may be used, and in some instances it may be desirableto have aslight flange on both sides of the opening to hold the check inposition in the slide.

In some instances a twelve-hour clock mechanism may be used, in whichcase the check will have a corresponding dial.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination, with the movable clockmechanism provided with the hour and minute plates, each having aprojecting pin, of the slide having an opening therein and a checkadapted to be carried by said slide, substantially as described.

2. The casing A, having an opening through the part A thereof, and themovable clock mechanism therein having the hour-plate E and minute-plateF with pins 0 and f, in combination with slide G and check H, as and forthe purpose set forth.

3. The casing A, clock mechanism B, hourplate E, having pin 6,minute-plate F, having pinf, means for moving the clock mechanism withinthe casing, slide G, and check H, all combined and operatingsubstantially as described.

4. The check H, having the twenty'fonrhour dial upon one side thereof,and having blank spaces upon the opposite side adapted to receiverecords thereon, in combination with the clock mechanism, having hourand minute plates provided with projecting pins, as and for the purposeset forth.

5. The slide G, having an opening therein, in combination with the checkH, fitting said opening and having a dial upon one side and blank spacesupon the other, as and for the purpose set forth.

STEPHEN \V. MAXSON.

Witnesses:

C. M. FERGUSON, AMASA 0. PAUL.

